Improvement in fruit-jars



AMANDA T. JONES.

Fruit-l ars. N0. 139,580 Patented June 3,1873.

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UNITED STATES AMANDA T. JONES, OF CLINTON, WISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT lNFRUlT-JAR S.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 139,580, dated J une 3,1873; application filed February 15, 1573.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMANDA T. JoNEs, of Clinton, in the county of Rockand State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and valuable and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawing is a representation E i gs. 2 and 3 are detailviews of the same.

My invention relates to certain improvements in fruit-jars; and itconsists, first, in two recesses or depressions in the top flange of thejar, to receive lugs on the cover and prevent the cover from turning;second, in an opening in the top of the cover, closed by a removableplug or stopper, which also serves to secure the bar by which the coveris fastened to the jar.

I In the drawing, A represents a fruit-jar, made of any suitablematerial, and in form resembling those in ordinary use, having a flange,a, around the top for engagement with a curved bar pivoted to the coverand having its ends hooked, whereby the cover is fastened to the jar. Agroove, 11, is formed around the top of the jar to receive the rubberpacking-ring 0. Two recesses or depressions, d, are formed in the flangea, diametrically opposite to each other; these recesses receive twolugs, g, projecting downward from the cover B, so that when the cover isplaced upon the jar it is prevented from turning; the recesses alsoreceive the hooked ends f of the fastening-bar F in putting on thecover, before said bar is turned around to bring the hooks under theflange a. A groove, h, is formed around the edge of the cover, whichfits over the rubber-packing ring 0, thus forming a tight joint. In thetop of the cover B is a circular opening, which is closed by a plug orstopper, J on the lower end or pointof which is a button, j, whichpasses through a slot in the bottom of the circular opening and is thenturned transversely of said slot so as to hold the plug in place. Theplug J is surrounded by a rubber ring, t, which forms a tight jointbetween the plug and the opening in the cover. The fastening bar F has acircular opening in the center, which fits around a circular shouldersurrounding the hole in the top of the cover; the bar revolves aroundsaid circular shoulder, and the plug J prevents its displacement fromthe cover. 0n the top of the cover are two shoulders or projections l,opposite to each other and in line with the recesses 0?, so that whenthe fastening-bar is turned back to remove the cover, the shoulderslarrest the ends f when they reach the recesses, and the cover can bereadily removed. On the knob of the stopper J are notches or projectionsm, in line with the button j, to indicate the position of the buttonwhen the plug is in place, so as to enable the person using-the jar tofasten the stopper properly. The object of this removable plug is toprovide means for attaching a tube or nozzle con- Iiecting With anapparatus for/exhausting the air from the.jar.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure V by Letters Patent, is 1 1.The lugs g on the cover B, as shown and described, for the purposespecified.

2. The combination of the jar A, having the flange a, provided with therecesses or depressions d, the cover B, with the lugs g, and the bar E,with the hooked ends f,,substan tiall y as described. I 3. In aconcave-convex cover for fruit-jars, the removable plug or stopper Jhaving at its lower end the button j, which passes through a slot in thebottom of the circular opening in the cover B, adapted to be turnedtrans verse] y in said slot and hold the plug in place, as'specified.

4. Thefastening-bar F, having a circular central opening fitting arounda shoulder in the top of the cover, and held in place by the means ofthe removableplug J, as shown and described. M

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

, AMANDA T. JONES.

Witnesses;

EMORY CUMMINGS, WM. H. RmLET.

